Shadowrun Campaign: Revenge of the Slaughtered
Session 1: So it begins...
“The cold, mountain, autumn air of Denver whistles across the street as you pull the note out of your pocket. An abrupt message, ‘Meet me at the Street Rose Lounge 7pm sharp, if you want real work. Ask for Stilletto,’ is scrawled on the piece of paper you found under your door the day before. You put the note up and walk in. Once inside, you are struck with a pleasant ﬂoral scent mixed with various ﬂavors of cigar smoke. A thin haze lingers in the air as soft jazz plays from various speakers throughout the bar. You make your way past several tables to the bar. A tall man of asian descent dressed in a white and black suit, stands behind the bar wiping out a glass mug. Behind him stands a large cabinet of liquor and an equally large cabinet of various types of cigars. You approach him and ask for Stilletto. In one motion he points to a booth at the back of the bar with a single pendant light illuminating it and then snaps his ﬁngers. Two burly, orcish types dressed in black suits lunge at you from the shadows. Before you can react, one binds your arms while the other frisks you down for weapons. After they liberate you of any and all items of their choosing they hand you a key and shove you towards the booth. As you approach the booth you see two more large men ﬂanking the booth on each side. Peering into the booth you see an attractive, asian woman in her late twenties. She is dressed in a black pinstripe suit with a white ﬂaired collared shirt. In one hand she holds a cigar aloft and the other a telephone or microcomputer. You introduce yourself. She acknowledges you and motions for you to sit on the opposite side of the large booth. The two guards glare at you as you move towards the end of the booth. Just then someone else steps up behind you.....”

Each hero arrives at the bar in the sequence they volunteer to answer the development question until all are seated or standing around table. Stiletto wastes no time in explaining the job she has summoned each of them here to accomplish. “Welcome to all of you. I have chosen each of you due to your unique talents and reputations in Denver. If you choose to go on this run, the payoff is three thousand each. If one of you doesn’t make it back, his or her take will be divided among the rest that return with the goods. Now onto the job. A short time ago, this man,(she pushes a photo forward), Carlisle Biggs was kidnapped from one of our development labs. He is the lead scientist on a highly classiﬁed project for us. We believe he was kidnapped by this man, (she pushes another photo forward), Onashi Kie, an UCAS secret forces agent. We also believe Carlisle has been brainwashed into working for the UCAS and continuing his research under their eyes. He would never work for that scum unless it was against his will. So I wouldn’t believe anything he says until you get him back here for deprogramming. We need you to get him back. Questions?”

Stiletto will answer any surface questions but will not go into far detail. She knows nothing of the location and situation that Biggs is being held. “Upon exiting the bar you hear someone yelling from the alleyway to the south.” If the heroes attempt to help they will run into 3 thugs assaulting an older gentleman and mid-twenties woman. “As you tear around the corner of the building you witness three unkept orcs battering an older gentleman, crumpled up on the ground. A woman in her late twenties screams for help from behind the ﬁght, against a dumpster.” Orc Thug B A R S C I L W ESS Init IP CM 3 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 6 4 1 10 Skills: Clubs 1, Intimidation 2, Unarmed Combat 1 Gear: Clubs, knives Once rescued the older man will offer his thanks and his card. He will tell them if they ever need anything that he can help with, he would like to try and make it up to them for saving his and his wife’s lives.

Michael Turnik Businessman, Owner of Rocky Mountain Dynamics Human Male; Connection Rating 5 B A R S C I L W ESS Init IP CM 3 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 1 10 Active Skills: Etiquette:4; Negotiation: 4; Languages: Japanese 3, Mandorin 3, English 4, German 3 Knowledge Skills: Area Knowledge(Denver): 3; Business: 4; Law: 2; Local Politics: 2; Gear: Well Tailored Clothing Crossing Borders As a city of 4 nations, getting around Denver can be tricky business. Sometimes a coyote contact can help the team across a border. Other times a border crossing may be an integral part of the adventure. Often, however, crossing the border is just a minor step in completing the run and part of another “day in the life.” To quickly simulate a border crossing, have all characters make a quick test of Fake SIN Rating + Charisma + Etiquette. Threshold on the test is TR/2 (round-up). On a failure, the PC will need to pay a 300¥ bribe to get across safely. If the PC glitches, Shadowrun Missions Thrash the Body Electric 5 the passage ends up taking longer than intended, and the character needs to spend 300¥ on a bribe. On a critical glitch, the PC loses one piece of forbidden or restricted gear, and must spend 500¥ on a bribe. If the whole party is attempting to cross as a group, use a Teamwork test (SR4 p59) for the border crossing. In the event of a glitch or critical glitch, all players will suffer the previously mentioned consequences. Terabyte Research Compound Terabyte Research is a weapons contractor located on an artiﬁcially created island in the Aurora Reservoir. Usually approached only by helicopter this heavily guarded installation is the place where the UCAS conducts most of its high-end weapons research. The island has only one other access to it. A monorail system that runs from the mainland to the island twice a day. Once in the morning and once in the evening. Those who work after the designated work hours are transported via helicopter. Security Security is in-house. Starting security levels: Physical Security: All of the site’s interior doors are reinforced. (SR4 p.157)The site has perimeter lighting, security guards at exterior entrances, and on-site security guards that patrol on a ﬁxed schedule.

Technical Security: Rating 3 maglocks are on interior doors and the front fence gate, and rating 5 maglocks on exterior doors. Both have thumbprint scanners and an RFID scanner to pick up the signal from the employee’s ID badge. Closed circuit TV cameras monitor the loading dock doors and the driveway at the entry guard shack, but not the personnel exterior doors. There are no interior camera systems. Magical Security: Cyclops Security has a mage on call as needed. He will arrive via astral projection once he receives an alert from the security forces on site. Matrix Security: Corporate hackers doubling as security hackers monitor matrix systems during the day. At night, these corporate hackers are on call. See a typical RMD hacker in the Cast of Shadows section. Additional matrix details can be found in the Casing the Target Matrix section above. Personnel Security: The personnel department conducts background investigations of new employees, including credit and criminal computer checks, and interviews with the most recent previous employer and 1-2 friends. While there are no current job openings, if PCs somehow manage to talk their way into an interview, they’ll need a solid fake ID. Once the facility has been hit, the following additional measures will be taken: • If the prior incident involved magic, the security mage will bind a Force 5 earth elemental and 3 Watchers on site to patrol. • The guard at the fence perimeter will be doubled, and within 36 hours the controls for opening the gate will be moved to the central security office instead of the guard shack. • The guards will be outﬁtted with Remington 990 shotguns w. ﬂechette ammunition and a smartlink. Outdoors at night, they will be wearing lowlight goggles w. ﬂare comp. • The outdoor patrols will occur randomly. • If an attack occurs through the matrix, the system will be taken offline when the corp hackers are not on site (at night). • 2 GM-Nissan Doberman drones (SR4 p.341-2) will be active, both outside during the day, and one inside / one outside at night. These are additionally equipped with Clearsight 3 and Targeting 3 autosofts, white light spotlight, and a microturret with an HKMP- 5 TX (40 regular rounds). Recoil compensation is 2. If the TR is 3 or greater, apply this increase to security. If the facility is hit a second time, Cyclops security adds a reaction force: Chrysler Nissan Patrol 1 w. a Cyclops Security executive protection driver and 3 security guards. One of the guards will man a pintle-mounted Ingram White Knight LMG with explosive rounds. The Ingram is welded to a roll bar just in front of the sun roof on the Patrol 1, allowing the guard to stand on the center console and ﬁre the weapon. The security mage also now remains on site, and wards key areas as time allows, starting with the central security office.